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Leap in the dark: 11 sporting questions raised by Scottish independence | Owen Gibsonhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/sep/16/11-sporting-questions-scotland-independence
While sport comes some way down the list of concerns facing an independent Scotland, the consequences could be profound. We look at the some of the possible repercussions<br />• <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/sep/06/sport-winners-losers-scotland-yes-no-battle" title="">Sport’s winners and losers beyond the yes-no-battle</a><p>The wide-ranging consequences for sport of a vote for Scottish independence on Thursday have only become a matter for debate relatively late in the day.</p><p>UK Sport, the body that distributes £125m a year in National Lottery and exchequer funding to Olympic sport, insists it will wait for the result before considering its plans. So does the British Olympic Association. And Fifa. And the International Olympic Committee. And the British Horseracing Authority. And so on.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/sep/16/11-sporting-questions-scotland-independence">Continue reading...</a>FootballBritish & Irish LionsRugby unionGolfThe OpenBerwickSportFifaTeam GBDavis CupHorse racingUK SportBritish Horseracing AuthorityTue, 16 Sep 2014 13:35:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/sep/16/11-sporting-questions-scotland-independencePhotograph: Michael Steele/Getty ImagesSir Chris Hoy, a Scot, was the Team GB Olympic 2012 flag bearer. If Scotland votes for independence its athletes will face hard choices. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Michael Steele/Getty ImagesSir Chris Hoy, a Scot, was the Team GB Olympic 2012 flag bearer. If Scotland votes for independence its athletes will face hard choices. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty ImagesOwen Gibson2014-09-16T13:35:01ZSPL round-up: Hearts add to St Mirren's woeshttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/04/hearts-st-mirren-scottish-premier-league
• Defeat for Saints means relegation is a possibility<br />• Liam Craig scores as St Johnstone beat Dundee United<p><strong>St Mirren's</strong> winless run now stretches to eight games after they were handed a crushing 3-0 defeat by <strong>Hearts</strong> at Tynecastle.</p><p>The 15-point lead Danny Lennon's men once enjoyed over the Scottish Premier League's bottom club, Dundee, has been slashed to just eight, and could be cut to five points with two games to play if John Brown's side beat Aberdeen on Sunday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/04/hearts-st-mirren-scottish-premier-league">Continue reading...</a>Scottish PremiershipHeartsSt MirrenDundee UnitedSt JohnstoneRangersBerwickFootballSportScottish Premier League 2012-13Sat, 04 May 2013 18:22:25 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/04/hearts-st-mirren-scottish-premier-leaguePhotograph: Danny Lawson/PAHearts' Kevin McHattie, right, scored in the 3-0 Scottish Premier League win against St Mirren at Tynecastle Park. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PAPhotograph: Danny Lawson/PAHearts' Kevin McHattie, right, scored in the 3-0 Scottish Premier League win against St Mirren at Tynecastle Park. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PANial Briggs2013-05-04T18:22:25ZBerwick plan fresh shock for Rangers' first league match in Englandhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/aug/25/berwick-rangers-league-match
Club with divided loyalties hope to re-enact 1967 defeat for Glasgow club in Scottish Third Division match<p>With its Elizabethan walls and easy access to fine, white, sandy beaches and magnificent countryside, Berwick-upon-Tweed is much more tourist hotspot than football hotbed.</p><p>It seemed somewhat extreme when Stranraer banned "Borderers" fans from "sectarian tension-raising" at Stair Park last season but some Berwick Rangers supporters caused upset by carrying club favours adorned with a St George's Cross or waving union flags.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/aug/25/berwick-rangers-league-match">Continue reading...</a>Scottish League TwoBerwickRangersFootballSportSat, 25 Aug 2012 21:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/aug/25/berwick-rangers-league-matchPhotograph: Mark Pinder/for the GuardianBerwick-upon-Tweed where a mixed welcome awaits Rangers in the Scottish Third Division. Photograph: Mark Pinder for the GuardianPhotograph: Mark Pinder/for the GuardianBerwick-upon-Tweed where a mixed welcome awaits Rangers in the Scottish Third Division. Photograph: Mark Pinder for the GuardianLouise Taylor2012-08-25T21:00:01ZBerwick Rangers 0-2 Celtic | Scottish Cup match reporthttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/09/berwick-rangers-celtic-scottish-cup
<p>Neil Lennon refused to comment after news emerged that a package containing bullets and addressed to Celtic's manager at the club's Parkhead stadium was intercepted in Northern Ireland last week.</p><p>Two parcels – the other addressed to the Celtic winger Niall McGinn, who is also from Northern Ireland – were reported as suspicious at a Royal Mail sorting office in Mallusk, County Antrim and subsequently taken for examination. Police are investigating the affair, which came to light on Wednesday, three days after Celtic beat Rangers in the Scottish Premier League.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/09/berwick-rangers-celtic-scottish-cup">Continue reading...</a>Scottish CupBerwickCelticFootballSportNeil LennonScottish Cup 2010-11Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:43:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/09/berwick-rangers-celtic-scottish-cupPhotograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action ImagesFreddie Ljungberg, signed on a free transfer from Chicago Fire, makes his debut for Celtic. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action ImagesPhotograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action ImagesFreddie Ljungberg, signed on a free transfer from Chicago Fire, makes his debut for Celtic. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action ImagesEwan Murray at Shielfield Park2011-01-09T19:43:24ZWeather starts to take toll on Saturday's fixtureshttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jan/07/football-matches-postponed-snow
• Sheffield Wednesday v Peterborough called off<br />• Six of Saturday's Scottish Cup ties already postponed<p>Saturday's Football League action has been decimated as the freezing weather conditions tighten their grip on sport.</p><p>Three matches in the Championship have fallen foul of the cold spell and Leagues One and Two have been even harder hit, with only five of the 24 scheduled fixtures surviving inspections today.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jan/07/football-matches-postponed-snow">Continue reading...</a>ChampionshipWeatherLeague OneLeague TwoScottish CupSheffield WednesdayPeterboroughBrighton & Hove AlbionBrentfordCharlton AthleticHartlepoolOldhamLeyton OrientCheltenhamHerefordAyrBrechinForfarSt JohnstoneKilmarnockFalkirkMortonCelticRaith RoversAirdrie UnitedCowdenbeathArbroathBerwickStranraerFootballSportUK newsChampionship 2009-10Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jan/07/football-matches-postponed-snowPhotograph: Dave Higgens/PAThe snow surrounding Hillsborough has forced the postponement of Sheffield Wednesday's game against Peterborough. Photograph: Dave Higgens/PAPhotograph: Dave Higgens/PAThe snow surrounding Hillsborough has forced the postponement of Sheffield Wednesday's game against Peterborough. Photograph: Dave Higgens/PAPress Association2010-01-07T18:05:00ZSport: League One games at Crewe, Stockport and Peterborough and race meets at Leicester and Sedgefield called off due to freezing weatherhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/06/freezing-weather-football-racing
• Games postponed at Crewe, Stockport and Peterborough<br />• No escape for all-weather track at Wolverhampton<p>Five more football games and four horse racing meets were called off on Tuesday as freezing temperatures continued to hit sports in Britain. Although the big game of the night between Tottenham and Burnley in the League Cup semi-final was expected to go ahead because Spurs have undersoil heating, the matches in League One between Crewe and Bristol Rovers, Stockport and Cheltenham, Peterborough and MK Dons, and the League Two meeting of Exeter and Macclesfield were called off because the playing surfaces were frozen.</p><p>A Scottish third-division game between Cowdenbeath and Berwick was also postponed with temperatures in some parts of Britain falling to minus 11 Celsius (12.2 Fahrenheit). Saturday's schedule was also hit when three FA Cup matches were among 12 called off, with eight more in Scotland.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/06/freezing-weather-football-racing">Continue reading...</a>FootballCrewe AlexandraBristol RoversStockportCheltenhamYeovil TownScunthorpeExeter CityMacclesfieldLeague OneLeague TwoCowdenbeathBerwickScottish League TwoHorse racingWeatherSportPeterboroughMK DonsLeague One 2008-09League Two 2008-09Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:16:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/06/freezing-weather-football-racingPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA wintry scene in St James's Park, London. The Carling Cup tie between Spurs and Burnley is expected to go ahead tonight, despite freezing weather in the capital. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA wintry scene in St James's Park, London. The Carling Cup tie between Spurs and Burnley is expected to go ahead tonight, despite freezing weather in the capital. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesGuardian Staff2009-01-06T13:16:00ZRangers 3 - 0 Berwick Rangershttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jan/22/match.sport1
<p>Normal service was resumed as Rangers finally made Berwick pay for their temerity and earned themselves a home fourth-round tie against Hibernian on Saturday. </p><p>The Wee Rangers had continued where they left off last week with another brave performance in this replay but then goals from Lorenzo Amoruso, Bert Konterman and Shota Arveladze in 10 second-half minutes ended the dream and stopped the Rangers manager Alex McLeish's 43rd birthday from becoming a nightmare. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jan/22/match.sport1">Continue reading...</a>FootballSportRangersBerwickTue, 22 Jan 2002 22:48:57 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jan/22/match.sport1Graham Clark at Ibrox2002-01-22T22:48:57ZBerwick 0-0 Rangershttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jan/16/match.sport5
Bottom side in the Second Division take Scotland's biggest club to a replay<p>Rangers failed to exorcise the ghosts of 1967 here last night when they were taken to a third-round replay by Berwick Rangers, who languish at the bottom of the Second Division. </p><p>When Rangers lost 1-0 here in the Cup 35 years ago the BBC's afternoon sports report of the time at first refused to accept the 1-0 scoreline as fact. Some Celtic fans can remember precisely where they were when their Old Firm rivals were so humiliated. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jan/16/match.sport5">Continue reading...</a>FootballSportBerwickRangersWed, 16 Jan 2002 00:18:55 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jan/16/match.sport5Graham Clark at Shielfield Park2002-01-16T00:18:55Z